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Energy-charged atmospheric clouds destroyed a tiny slice of Google's energy-charged digital cloud last Thursday as a data centre in Belgium was struck by lightning four times, wiping disks of data into a state that makes them non-recoverable.

Apple has granted Greek iCloud subscribers a free month of usage after the financial crisis in the country meant that Apple would have been unable to take payment for the subscription service and users would have lost their stored data.

Apple has launched a replacement program for defective 3TB hard drives used in its flagship 27-inch iMacs for the 2013 season. The offer is being made across the world as Apple has found that the hard drives can fail under specific circumstances.

You can now find a lost Android phone online with a simple Google search. The new feature is incorporated directly into search results when you type "find my phone" into the Google search bar, if location services are enabled on the phone.

Even when you know when to hold 'em and fold 'em, an excellent poker hand doesn't necessarily guarantee a win. One professional at a recent World Series of Poker tournament learned that lesson the hard way.

Canada Post will stop offering door-to-door delivery of regular mail to urban residents over the next five years, it's been announced. One-third of Canadians receive mail at their door but will soon have to get their mail via community mailboxes.

Moore Oklahoma took a direct hit from an EF-5 tornado. Live video coverage courtesy of WPIX 11 News from the air in a news chopper!
Pray for the people of Oklahoma. I'm lucky, I have a warm bed to sleep in tonight!

A video from the "Sesame Street" episode "Farewell, Mr Hooper," first aired on Nov. 24, 1983, has gone viral in the wake of the Newtown, Conn. tragedy. It shows the moment Big Bird learns that Mr Hooper, who owned Sesame Street's Hooper Store, had died.

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Driving under the influence has another Hollywood star in the spotlight this week. Joseph Gannascoli, who played a gay mafia character on the Sopranos' was allegedly drinking and driving when he was stopped by police officers in Tampa Florida.

For the first time in history the network hosting the Olympic Games will not pocket any money. That's the word from Dick Ebersol, the chairman of NBC Universal Sports and the executive producer of the network’s Olympics broadcasts.

A recent study, conducted over a five year period asked participants to identify a dozen different scents. Of those that scored lowest, 50 per cent were likely to develop cognitive impairment leading to Alzheimer's Disease.

You may think that becoming an identity theif is hard work. But it's really quite easy. In fact, anybody could do it; your neighbors, your co-workers, even people you might call close friends...scary thought.